St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Walsall·WS3 3LY
Composite score
58.5
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#4,395
National rank
#418
In West Midlands
#22
In Walsall
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 25 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9020230.8020240.9720250.922026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
229
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
27.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,248
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich

St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich is a primary school in Walsall, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 229 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 18.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 30% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 23 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. There are about 27.8 pupils per teacher. St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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